Chris Adams' national V8-campaigning weekend in Timaru started off "poorly" yesterday when a mechanical issue cheated him out of any practice laps.
Sharon Sims and Mary Campbell made it three in a row by winning the women's pairs event at the national bowls championships in Auckland this morning.
"The track advantage has just gone," one southern driver mutters to another at the New Zealand Super Saloon Championships' practice session in Cromwell yesterday.
Following on from the popular drive destinations series in last year's Summer Times, the ODT motoring team has been out exploring again.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates says military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan would cost almost $136 ($NZ230) billion for the 2009 budget year that began October 1 if they continue at their current pace.
Jennifer Aniston, Owen Wilson and their little dog have not lost their box office bite.
Three men armed with shotguns forced their way into an Auckland house and threatened the occupants before making off with cellphones, computer games, digital cameras, jewellery and cash.
Cromwell sprint car driver Tony Buchanan does his best to keep all four wheels of his grunty machine on the ground. Photo by Catherine Pattison.
Tearing up the straights in his 800hp sprint car, Cromwell's Tony Buchanan never knows if the huge aerodynamic wing will muster enough downforce to keep all four wheels firmly on the clay.
Tipping the scales at a mere 650kg and roaring on a 410 Chevrolet tube alloy motor - the power-to-weight ratio makes for some scary but exhilarating racing.
A barely detectable limp is the only external evidence that Rod Price had an international career road racing motorcycles 20-plus years ago.
Motorcycling through treacherous Mexican desert country, where the booby-trap-building locals and harsh conditions were to be equally feared, ensured the Baja 1000 was an epic event for a Wanaka rider. Stephen Blackley talks to Catherine Pattison about the technical and taxing, ultimate off-road experience.
Two Auckland batsmen raised milestones as the West Indies were put to the sword on the second day of the three-day tour cricket match in Auckland today.
A cool-headed mate turned what could have been a Thailand travel debacle into "tremendous adventure" for semi-retired Wanaka man Stephen May.
A man jailed for at least 16 years for beating a man to death has had his sentence cut by one year.
Oscar winner Cate Blanchett has been nominated for another award, this time for playing the villain in the latest Indiana Jones movie.
Add a wheel to the two he is accustomed to and John Marrable, of Dunedin, will be riding a 1200cc motorcycle from the comfort of his wheelchair.
Former Dunedin driver Emma Gilmour will be switching her rally-ready Subaru Impreza to tarmac specifications for this week's Targa New Zealand.
Running a 60-staff business and trying to compete in an eight-round, premier national motorsport category is a recipe for burn out, so Chris Adams has opted for an "arrive and drive package".
Masterton's Richard and Sara Mason comprehensively won the final round of the 2008 New Zealand Rally Championship, the Rally of Nelson, by 43.8sec over Mitsubishi's Chris West and co-driver Garry Cowan.
You wouldn't think too much mud would be a problem in off-road racing circles.
Deane Buist and co-driver James Bracefield, of Christchurch, slithered, slipped and slid their car to victory in the 2008 Gore Rally on Saturday.
